Weather experts say it won’t be as brutal as last year, but they’re still predicting a snow- and ice-packed winter ahead for the East Coast. Hoboken city officials say they won’t get caught with their snow boots off.

For the first time, city streets will be lathered with brine, a liquid solution of salt and water, before a snowstorm instead of salt, afterward.

“It’s cheaper, you can put it down from 36 to 48 hours before the storm and it can melt up to one inch of snow,” city spokesman Juan Melli said.

“It works better than rock salt,” he said. “Snow has to hit individual pieces of salt to be affected while the brine solution can be distributed evenly across surfaces. The snow lands on it and doesn’t accumulate.”

The city will also have more plows this year, including two fire department and two parking utility trucks outfitted with plows, Melli said.

The city is also going to use a reverse 911 phone system to notify residents of weather-related emergencies, Melli said.

During snow emergencies, municipal garage parking will be discounted to $5 per day, Melli said.